Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse

Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse

Ingredients

For The Hazelnut Praline

1/2 cup coarsely chopped hazelnut

1/4 cup castor sugar

Other Ingredients

1 cup chopped dark chocolate

1/4 cup milk

3/4 cup chocolate hazelnut spread (nutella), 

readily available

1/4 tsp vanilla essence

1 tbsp powdered sugar

1 1/2 cups whipped cream

For The Garnish

whipped cream

4 chocolate bytes

Directions

1. For the hazelnut praline

¤ Melt the sugar in non-stick pan on a medium flame till it turns light brown in colour

¤ Add the hazelnuts and mix well to make a praline

¤ Pour the prepared mixture on the greased rolling board or butter paper and roll it with greased rolling pin so as to get a thin layer.

¤ Once set, crush the praline coarsely with a rolling pin and keep aside

2.How to proceed

¤ Combine the chocolate and milk in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Remove from the microwave and mix well until no lumps remain.

¤ Strain the mixture using a sieve and keep aside.

¤ Add the chocolate hazelnut spread and vanilla essence and mix well.

¤ Add the sugar and whipped cream and fold gently.

¤ Add the prepared hazelnut praline and fold gently.

¤ Pour equal quantities of the mixture into 4 individual bowls/glasses and refrigerate for atleast 3 to 4 hours or till the mousse sets

¤ Garnish with whipped cream and a chocolate byte and serve chilled.

3.Handy tip:

¤ Instead of hazelnuts, you can use equal proportion of walnuts .

¤ You can also use milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate.

¤ While making hazelnut praline, at step no 4 do not touch the praline with your hands at this point as it is really hot and can cause serious burns.

¤ You can also melt the chocolate-milk mixture on a double boiler.